The Universe contains two types of electromagnetic radiation:
(a) the micro-wave background at T = 3 K, corresponding to photon energies E γ, 3K 1 meV,
(b) The Extra galactic Background Light (EBL) due to the stars, with a spectrum that is mainly in the infrared. The Universe is opaque to photons whose energy is such that the cross-section for pair production γ + γ e+ + e– is large. This already happens just above threshold
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Compute the two threshold energies, assuming in the second case the photon wavelength λ = 1 μm.
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